This installment of the America’s Lost Highways series explores U.S. Highway 66 across Illinois, from Chicago and Lake Michigan to St. Louis on the Mississippi River. The Mother Road, as its is often called, travels a...

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This installment of the America’s Lost Highways series explores U.S. Highway 66 across Illinois, from Chicago and Lake Michigan to St. Louis on the Mississippi River. The Mother Road, as its is often called, travels along the Illinois and Michigan Canal for much of the beginning, before crossing into the heart of Lincoln Country. The legend of Abraham Lincoln often looms larger than the man himself. Near St. Louis, the highway traverses Illinois’ version of the antebellum South, with the historical conflicts that came with it. Come explore Illinois’ urban and rural history along Route 66.

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